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An Open Letter to the Senators Betsy DeVos Bought With Her Money
Monday , 6, February 2017 Section 16 2 CommentsTo the Republican Senators who intend to vote for Betsy Devos’s confirmation as Secretary of Education because she bought the office in the 2016 election: “I have decided to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying influence,” she wrote. “Now I simply concede the point. They are right. We do expect something in […]
Help Spread The Truth About Corporate Ed Reform During National School Choice Week
Tuesday , 27, January 2015 Section 16 Leave a commentThe Internet can be a place for information and communication with others, and sometimes it can be a place for mischief with hilarious results. Not everyone on the web thinks things through very well before launching their campaign. With a little effort, the people hustling school choice could find that out too if enough people […]
The ABC’s of ACE: Biblical Discipline In Christian School
Friday , 10, October 2014 Nerd Problems, Section 16 7 Comments22 private church schools currently use Accelerated Christian Education in Michigan. Rick Snyder will push forward on school vouchers if he wins another term as Governor. We already know he wants to do this after the leaking of ‘Skunkworks’ in 2013. Dick and Betsy DeVos have spent far too much money on this election to […]